Welcome letter

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Happy Sunday, friends!

I went back to school this week on Wednesday for professional development. I still have another week of PD before school starts on the 25th! We've slowly been getting open house packets together and something I wanted to share with you is my welcome letter! I think it's so important to have a warm welcoming letter to your parents when they come for meet the teacher night. There is always so much going on that you're lucky to talk to each parent for just a minute! So, the first thing that I always place in my student's packet is a welcome letter!

This "a few of my favorites" idea came from the fabulous Cara Carroll! I started it 2 years ago and my parents really pay attention to them! I've had parents bring me a random Sonic cherry coke after school or a latte in the morning. Bless them!!

If you're wanting to create your own letter just like mine, click HERE to get the editable {FREE} version. Just click inside the text boxes and insert your text! I have left links to the fonts that I used to create my letter.

30 comments

Thanks so much for sharing this - I have been thinking about doing something like this as well - but with a greater focus on the classroom. Have you always shared personal information like this with your students' families? I suppose I have never been very comfortable with it, so Kudos to you!

Love your letter. I've sent out one every year for about the last 15 years. It includes both personal and professional information. It is NO WAY as cute as yours. We've already started back, but I will use your letter as inspiration to spruce up my letter for next year. Thanks!

A-MA-ZING! I love this letter! Thanks so much for the detailed directions about the fonts as well! I created my own letter and then blogged about it. I linked it back to your blog. Check it out! 3 Teacher Chicks

Once you download it, you will get a pptx (powerpoint) file with two slides. The first is her example and the second is mostly blank with the names of the fonts she used. You edit that second slide. For example, where it says, "This font is called “Carton Six”" you click on that and write "I'm Mrs. Vrescak" or whatever you want to write there. Hope that makes sense.

Thank you for sharing! I love the format of the letter. I have SO much to say though, I'd like to remove the "favorites" section at the bottom. Is there a version without this? I would hate to lose the border and heading.

Thank you for sharing this! I'm a first year teacher and I'm hunting the internet for great ideas and resources, and this is definitely a winner. I already have my welcome letter ready to go, thanks to you. Hope you have a great year!